The importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research

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dc.contributor.authorGroenewald, Pam
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, Virginia
dc.contributor.authorDaniels, Johann
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Juliet
dc.contributor.authorBoulle, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorNaledi, Tracey
dc.contributor.authorBradshaw, Debbie
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T07:20:32Z
dc.date.available2021-10-08T07:20:32Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractAn amendment to the South African Births and Deaths Registration Act has compromised efforts to strengthen local mortality surveillance to provide statistics for small areas and enable data linkage to provide information for public health actions. Internationally it has been recognised that a careful balance needs to be kept between protecting individual patient confidentiality and enabling effective public health intelligence to guide patient care and service delivery and prevent harmful exposures. This article describes the public health benefits of a local mortality surveillance system in the Western Cape Province, South Africa (SA), as well as its potential for improving the quality of vital statistics data with integration into the national civil registration and vital statistics system. It also identifies other important uses for identifiable cause-of-death data in SA that have been compromised by this legislation.
dc.identifier.apacitationGroenewald, P., Azevedo, V., Daniels, J., Evans, J., Boulle, A., Naledi, T., & Bradshaw, D. (2015). The importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research. <i>South African Medical Journal</i>, 105(7), 528 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34946en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGroenewald, Pam, Virginia Azevedo, Johann Daniels, Juliet Evans, Andrew Boulle, Tracey Naledi, and Debbie Bradshaw "The importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research." <i>South African Medical Journal</i> 105, 7. (2015): 528 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34946en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGroenewald, P., Azevedo, V., Daniels, J., Evans, J., Boulle, A., Naledi, T. & Bradshaw, D. 2015. The importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research. <i>South African Medical Journal.</i> 105(7):528 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34946en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-2469
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Groenewald, Pam AU - Azevedo, Virginia AU - Daniels, Johann AU - Evans, Juliet AU - Boulle, Andrew AU - Naledi, Tracey AU - Bradshaw, Debbie AB - An amendment to the South African Births and Deaths Registration Act has compromised efforts to strengthen local mortality surveillance to provide statistics for small areas and enable data linkage to provide information for public health actions. Internationally it has been recognised that a careful balance needs to be kept between protecting individual patient confidentiality and enabling effective public health intelligence to guide patient care and service delivery and prevent harmful exposures. This article describes the public health benefits of a local mortality surveillance system in the Western Cape Province, South Africa (SA), as well as its potential for improving the quality of vital statistics data with integration into the national civil registration and vital statistics system. It also identifies other important uses for identifiable cause-of-death data in SA that have been compromised by this legislation. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 7 J1 - South African Medical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2015 SM - 0038-2469 T1 - The importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research TI - The importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34946 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/34946
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGroenewald P, Azevedo V, Daniels J, Evans J, Boulle A, Naledi T, et al. The importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research. South African Medical Journal. 2015;105(7):528 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34946.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.sourceSouth African Medical Journal
dc.source.journalissue7
dc.source.journalvolume105
dc.source.pagination528 - 177
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJnew.8019
dc.subject.otherCause of Death
dc.subject.otherData Collection
dc.subject.otherDisease Notification
dc.subject.otherHumans
dc.subject.otherPublic Health
dc.subject.otherPublic Health Surveillance
dc.subject.otherQuality Improvement
dc.subject.otherRegistries
dc.subject.otherSouth Africa
dc.titleThe importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearch
uct.type.resourceJournal Article
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